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The grill and hood treatment on the blue Caddy reminds me of a 1937 Cord.

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The Pininfarina Fittipaldi watered down as the new McLaren?

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I really enjoy looking at those old sketches, some real talent there for sure, glad to see them getting their due in a museum setting. Thanks for posting !

 

For that last coupe by Burke - in the words of Ted Younkin: sent the pigeons in.

 

What is the 'cameo' on the last Burke drawing, please?

 

Yes, in the upper left corner... didn't know what to call it... 'cameo'?

 

A Bentley of some kind, surely?

 

If you can blow up the photo x4 or more you might be able to pull a logo off the spinner ...

 

I think Chuck was a little burned Mitchell had a secret design studio that the other design people couldn't get into. Even after Mitchel retired Shinoda did some work on Mitchell's motorcycles

 

Is there a secret guy who designed some of Giugiaro's great cars like the Bizzarrini Strada? I was shocked when I was researching the four seater Bitz and found instead a story of how the Iso A3/C was designed (which evolved into the Strada) and they mentioned a guy working under Giugiaro that devised the shape.


The website said :"The body, meanwhile, was sketched out by draughtsman Piero Vanni, his drawings in turn being handed over to Nuccio Bertone’s eponymous design house.

From all accounts, Bertone was horrified by what he saw. Nonetheless, stylist Giorgetto Giugiaro reinterpreted Vanni’s efforts as best he could but that was where Stile Bertone’s involvement ended. Full-scale drawings were passed to Piero Drogo’s Sports Car Modena concern. "

So I never read this Vanni's name. What else did he design or is he lost in the sands of time and Giugiaro gets all the credit for the A3C/A3L and Strada shape?

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the enduring design of the Meyers Manx has a new steward -

https://www.hagerty.com/media/people/icon-meets-icon-maker-designer-freeman-thomas-takes-on-the-meyers-manx/?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20_December_18_Newsletter_NewDD

 

Saw this Jaguar record car. That rear wing reminds of the TWR XJR14 double wing design from the 1990's

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The wing reminds me of this feature in 1937.

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Design critique: GT5300 Bizzarrini, anything to add?

Design Critique of a Classic: The Bizzarrini GT5300 Strada - **********.com

 

Instrument panel #2 a lot like De Tomaso Mangusta of the same era. Both appear influenced by airplane layouts.

 

Here for your amusement is my funny paper contribution for today (at Tesla's expense):

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I think we need more vent windows to help with the arrow situation - especially in a pandemic.
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